The young very seldom lead anything in our country today. It's been quite some time since a younger generation pushed an older one to a higher standard.
Wynton MarsalisI think that when the education system started to be dismantled during the first Great Depression in the 1930s, we didn't recover from that.
Wynton MarsalisEven in these times, there are still neighbors that will turn their backs on neighbors.
Wynton MarsalisBenny Goodman's band was integrated before baseball. Even before it was physically integrated, music was integrated. Everyone listened to Armstrong and Ellington. The 20s was called the Jazz Age. It's part of being American.
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